Chapter 128 Small Building by the River (4000-character chapter)
This was not a whim, but the continuous accumulation of suppressed things that happened in the past two days, which led to Zhao Si finally being unable to hold on at this moment.
Compared with the food world, what is the food stall that I once proud of is worthy of? It is a completely different place.
The only advantage may be that the store is larger and the location is better.
But so what can this happen?
Zhao Si now has every reason to believe that with Boss Chen's cooking skills, he will surely rise.
"How is it?" He looked at Li Tian beside him and asked with a smile.
"Uh, it's okay." Li Tian put down his chopsticks and his tone seemed hesitant.
"It's okay, just tell the truth." Zhao Si understood that he was jealous of his feelings, so he gave him encouraging eyes.
"Fourth Brother..." Li Tian was a little stunned. He hadn't seen this familiar look in the other party's eyes for a long time. When he thought about it carefully, the last time he appeared was when the food stall had just started to get on track.
Yes, the fourth brother at that time was arrogant but not arrogant, which was impressive.
"Oh, this time I have completely awakened. In the past, we paid too much attention to pursuing fame. Now it seems that we still have to return to the essence of food." Zhao Si sighed with a sigh of relief. It is said that men are at thirty, forty, not confused, and fifty years old. He is now in his forty, and only then can he truly understand what it means to be unconfused.
"Tell me."
"Okay!" Li Tian nodded fiercely, "It's so damn delicious!"
“Tell me specifically.”
"I can't tell you exactly, after all, I'm not a chef. But after trying these dishes, I only thought of two words."
"Oh? Which two words?" Zhao Si was curious.
"Comfortable." Li Tian scratched his head, "Don't laugh at me, although I know the description is not very accurate."
"No, it's very down-to-earth." Zhao Si shook his head, "Aren't we eating food just for comfort? A little lower is the comfort of the tongue, a little higher is the comfort of the body, and further up, that is the comfort of the spirit. Isn't this level the state that every chef pursues?"
"Haha, Fourth Brother, then where are you now?" Li Tian also let go.
"I'm just a low-level person." Zhao Si smiled freely.
"Where is the restaurant owner?" Li Tian asked.
"At least, above the advanced level." Zhao Si frowned uncertainly, "I can't judge, mainly because the level above the advanced level is difficult to subdivided. Forget it, don't worry, let's eat quickly, go back and have a good rest for a night. After that, we will start to get busy."
"Start?" Li Tian was puzzled, "Aren't you all very busy in the past?"
"In the past, it was called living a life in a daze, and there was no goal." Zhao Si shook his head, "It's different now. I want to get angry again before I was fifty."
"For example, opening a branch is here!"
"I understand." Li Tian clenched his fists, "I will start making arrangements after I go back."
After the chat, Zhao Si and the others didn't care about how the onlookers looked at themselves. They ate in big mouthfuls, without any image.
To be honest, I was so hungry this day.
...
Chen Chong didn't know that he had changed Zhao Si's life trajectory invisibly. Strictly speaking, the two sides had only met once, and he had only said a few words. As for the direction after the matter, it would be no exaggeration to say that it had nothing to do with him.
It's really...well...inexplicable.
"Boss Chen, let's leave first." At 10 o'clock in the evening, Wang Xiongxin and the others greeted Chen Chong and left.
Although there are still some customers left in the restaurant, it is very few than the peak period.
After finishing the last portion of pickled cabbage and two portions of roasted pepper beef, Chen Chong handed over the rest of the work to Bingzi, and went upstairs to change his clothes and prepared to go out.
During this period, the black cat lived a very comfortable life, especially after the ice corpse appeared, she cooked it for food for it if she had anything to do, and almost gained weight!
Maybe it should have another name, Fat Cat.
After leaving the restaurant, Fang Yongshun was still cooking noodle soup for several guests. This is a good phenomenon, which shows that his craftsmanship has been recognized by some guests.
"Boss Chen, are you going out?" Seeing Chen Chong passing by, Fang Yongshun greeted him enthusiastically.
"Well, go and deal with something." Chen Chong nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he found that the former stall had some changes. He said without curiosity: "Have you changed into a new soup pot?"
If you remember correctly, the size of the soup pot Fang Yongshun used before was the same as that used by ordinary people.
"You have a good memory." Fang Yongshun scratched his head, "In the past, business was not good, and the average soup pot was just enough, but after you gained weight, the number of customers increased a lot, so I just changed to a big pot and could boil more soup."
"It's pretty good." Chen Chong left with a smile, but before he could take two steps, a light of inspiration flashed in his mind. "Since Fang Yongshun can use a big pot to increase the amount of soup, then he can do it too."
He licked his mouth, "Now the woks he and Ice Corpse use are normal in size, which means that each time he gets the pot, he can supply about ten sets of rice. Even if he calculates a single plate, he can supply about four portions. But if it is replaced with a large wok like a canteen, he may be able to supply twenty or thirty sets of rice in one pot, or even more!"
He originally planned to continue thinking about this issue, but there are always people in the lonely food street who can recognize themselves and greet them enthusiastically, which will affect their thoughts.
These people have regular customers in restaurants and owners of shops on both sides.
While Chen Chong responded one by one, he realized that he was already well-known without realizing it.
As soon as I arrived at the intersection of the food street, a white car parked on the side of the road with double flashes. The driver on the car was neatly dressed and full of energy.
This is a special car he made on the taxi-hailing software when he set off. It was very punctual and cheap.
"Hello Mr. Chen, please fasten your seat belt and confirm the destination navigation route. If there is no problem, we will set off." The driver kept smiling, professional and serious.
"No problem, let's go." Chen Chong looked at the mobile phone on the center console. The destination displayed on the screen was "Small Building on the Riverside". The whole journey was 42.3 kilometers, and the road was unobstructed.
"Okay, the car has pure water, please use it yourself." The driver adjusted his sitting position, then lowered the handbrake, gently applied oil to his right foot, and controlled the car to flow into the traffic.
‘Jiangbang Xiaozhu’ is the address of the coach named Qiao provided by Zhang Weiwei. From the navigation perspective, although this place belongs to the university town, it is close to the edge of the city and is very remote.
There was a soothing light music in the car, as if it could isolate the hustle and bustle in the city and calm the floating heart.
Taking advantage of this skill, Chen Chong re-moved his previous idea again, which was to increase the size of the wok.
"This is indeed a feasible way to improve the speed of serving. But the problem is that the soup pot and the wok are used differently. No matter how the former increases the volume, it can be used immediately as long as the heat and ingredients are adjusted. However, the wok is different, and the increase in volume means the chef's physical consumption and the increase in cooking difficulty!"
Chen Chong looked at the night view of the city that was rapidly regressing outside the window, and the car window glass reflected his cheeks that were trapped in thought.
Unlike the use of soup pots, the wok involves many key points when cooking. Take the basic flip and flip as an example. flip means turning the ingredients with a frying spoon or spatula to control the heat, taste and qualitative changes of the ingredients; flip, commonly known as flip pot, is an upgraded version of "flip". It not only allows you to better control the ingredients, but also introduce open flames into the pot while flipping the pot, which can overheat the ingredients and enhance the multi-layered taste.
This is also the main reason why many chefs like to flip the pot.
Therefore, the increase in the wok means an increase in volume and weight. In this case, the difficulty of "turning" or "turning" will increase exponentially. If you are not careful, it will also lead to uneven heating of the ingredients and uneven tastes. Even if you paste the pot, it is not impossible.
"Maybe there is really a way to solve this problem." Chen Chong pursed his lips, "To a large extent, both flip and tidal belong to the same category, spoon skills!"
The so-called spoon work does not refer to things like fried spoons or soup spoons, because the "spoon" here refers specifically to the wok!
"If you can collect 10,000 doom values and exchange them for the 'skilled hand (full article)', you may be able to learn the cooking skills and methods of turning the pot from the spoon skills."
Chen Chong is no longer as urgent as he was at the beginning. Even though the remaining doom value at hand is only about 200 points, which is a huge difference from the 10,000 points required for redemption.
Recalling the mere 20 doomsday points he gained after completing the simple task for the first time and the 200 doomsday points he obtained after completing the difficult task for the first time, he felt a dreamy feeling.
"It's hard to imagine that the doom value of more than 200 points was considered a treasure to me, but now? The restaurant can get about 200 points in just two days of business, and this growth rate has not yet counted the ice corpse! After all, she is only the first day she has started working today."
When I thought about it, I was about to check how many doom values have increased today, the exclamation mark in the upper right corner flashed.
New news!
[Congratulations on completing the simple task and receiving the ‘refined sweet and sour rib recipe’, the reward has been deposited in the prop warehouse...]
Chen Chong's mouth unconsciously showed a smile. It seemed that after he left, some customers came to the restaurant. While the exclamation mark flashed, he achieved a simple task of entertaining 150 guests!
The doom value changed from 70 yesterday to 427. If it weren't for the noon stop, the doom value would have been even more!
"It seems that the idea of judging that the doom value reached 200 in two days is no longer applicable, and it can be completely turned into half a day." Chen Chong rubbed his hands, "In the past, to reach this value, it was completely dependent on daily tasks. Simple, ordinary, and difficult, all of which were added together. But now, tasks have become the icing method on the cake!"
Of course, as the difficulty of the task continues to increase, this so-called "flower" is not an ordinary big one! Let's calculate that the doom value on hand now except for the remaining 70 points yesterday, all the remaining ones are today's income. Among the current income, 150 are from restaurant management, and the rest are all rewards after completing simple tasks!
By subtracting layer by layer, it is not difficult to see that this simple task directly obtained 200 bad luck value! This is the reward point only available in difficult tasks before!
"If you guess correctly, the reward points for ordinary tasks and difficult tasks should also be relatively increased." Chen Chong smashed his mouth, "According to this standard, every day's business plus completing all daily tasks, you can exchange the "Quality Hands (Full Article)" in less than half a month!"
This is something that I almost never dared to think about before!
But the same thing is said: ideals are full, reality is skinny. As various problems arise, it becomes increasingly difficult to finish daily tasks every day.
For example, the simple task I just completed, which tortured Chen Chong for several days! If I hadn't obtained the ice corpse in the bad luck mission, I probably might not have been able to complete it until now! In addition, special tasks, store size, various inexplicable emergencies, etc. are points that cannot be ignored.
Chen Chong shook his head with a wry smile. Fortunately, the current restaurant's meal service speed can adapt to the number of customers, so he won't have to worry too much about the misfortune value for a while.
"Ding, the destination has arrived. Please check your own belongings when getting off the bus to avoid losing them."
Electronic sounds sounded inside the car, and then the car slowly stopped beside a quiet road.
When Chen Chong opened the car door, he felt that the temperature here was slightly lower than the food street as soon as he came out of the car, and the sound of water flowing could be heard in his ears.
The surrounding trees are dense, flowers and plants are overgrown, and you can feel the cool night breeze while swaying slightly.
The road is clean, the sign lines in the middle are clearly visible, and it extends into the darkness as the road is, giving people a quiet and peaceful feeling.
Not far ahead, soft light could be seen, illuminating a stone arch with some birds and beasts carved on it, which looked grand and solemn without losing the ancient charm.
"It turns out that this small building on the riverside is actually a villa area built by the river." Chen Chong's eyes were burning and his face was full of envy. He didn't know how many dishes he had to sell to buy a house here.
"Longjiang, it's true that it's a crouching tiger and a hidden dragon." He took a deep breath and walked towards the gate.
It was extremely difficult to enter and exit such high-end villa areas, but Zhang Weiwei said that in addition to him, there are many swimmers who often visit Coach Qiao. Over time, the security guards also have their own special way of distinguishing.
As long as the person named Qiao comes to find the owner, the skin color is dark enough, it is probably not true!
And Chen Chong happened to fit this "characteristic".
After a brief conversation, the security guard still put Chen Chong in, not as difficult as he thought.
Walking in the community, the surrounding greenery is better than outside. The soft street lights are pouring down, and you can see that the ground is paved with pebbles of similar sizes. It not only does not hurt when you step on it, but it feels like you are being massaged.
"It seems that these pebbles are laid according to certain rules." He stomped his feet like a rusty bun, and then worried that the security guard would be suspicious, so he quickly left in shame.
"Coach Qiao's address is Building 103, let's take a look..."
Standing in front of the street sign, Chen Chong carefully identified the position, and then slowly disappeared deep into a path to the left.
(To be continued...)
ps: I was originally preparing for ten thousand updates, but...uh... I haven't adapted to it yet, so I just thought I owed 6,000 words. Anyway, I don't know when I can pay it back. I suddenly changed from two chapters a day to ten thousand updates. I was a little uncomfortable, but I would adapt as soon as possible. Come on.
To be honest, I overslept at noon.
Chapter completed!